The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-30

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struck By the emerald green color Of the Rhine
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tween Asyre and TrToSyiIIe. Visible In thc sos,
ana By al he various tints that Che waters, Of
ss We'll as 70 our e own The Sht Essions may
be 9ns os1nsns sIe y.cS s and h.
3 Recognizable to s Tie naked sys. Herein there
from aiar. Our planet would appear ereenish.
for green predominates upon our continSnts
sna h,y hs Ss Gp1 MG Sa
Of Mercury should sec our seas tinted a,.l deep
aud the polar snows very white cloIds ,M'hits,,
saea Sha pGn y fhs ood
US. but the continents are yellow IKE e.. fields OF
this ooorS St 'f Il sSas "wRsb striSatss
sD Ss aSnss: e Mar. %s that SSs
planet, iike ours has been re seat Of interior
elevations and .depressions Of the land. There
have been arthquakes and eruptions modify
se shsrs are ana
ssi!s Fsas alllsss not T. Sc SSSSS
aowins up Over 9p BEDS Il edsd 81
O hs 5ot ss o so re1s
SLOWLY to hs see oeros s.o csss
and the sea is now as smooth as mirror and
again dashed by tempest.
Dor nsns 'A fss s
he wr that %9e and rnd
xxyit do thato A from mol
msnts to bull build up for i scheme q iIis apsio-
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scheme Of life BY adjusting 4 to Its partiSplar
should not be for Us q mers block q stone re-
volving In space In the sling Of the solar st
but we should recognize in It living world.
decorated with landscApes ressm bling those
that charm US In terrestrial nature-a new
dwells. labors. thinks. and meditates. without
doubt IKE US upon the grana ana mys " 9S
be to make q voyage thither."
M. FLAMMARIoN next proceeds to discuss
the special studies Of Mars by ScH1APARELLI.
the astronomer Of Milan. who discovered the
so-called canals upon that planet. just what
that discovery means Is thus explained:
"Imagine globe like tho earth sprinkled
with continents CULTS and islands, wrink!ed
with banks OF various contours. whitened With
golden tints over s%Ts It's Tropical lands diversified
with clouds and atmospheric variations which
s ana It's IA this we have long EnoWn
biance to ours, is so striking, slender and
eSd to end canals from loo to 5000 Eio.
metres labout 600 to 5000 miesl long. and l2o
In Sfr CrOS6tn0
another here at right angles. there obliquely.
further on coming together "a again He cross
mum Der OF these canals are double, that ID to
say two parallel lines, separated by distance
derstand the stupeiaction that experienced In
receiving the news Of this discovery"
It was In 1877 during favorable conjuno-
ton OF Mars-that Is to say. at time when
Mars was unusually near to the earth-that
ScHIAPARELLI first saw the canals It will
be recollected that In that same year Prof.
HALL discovered the two tiny moons Of
Mars with the great telescope at Washing
ton, an instrument In comparison with which
SCHIAPARELLI's telescope Is O pigmy, and
yet, 80 far as we are aware. the canals were
never seen with the Washington telescope.
This fact, however Is by no means decisive. for
In the first place SCHIAPARRLLI's telescope,
though comparatively small, is OF acknowl-
eyed great excellence; secondly. and more
important, the skies Of Milan are lncompara-
bly, clearer and better suited to delicate tele-
scopic observation than those Of Washing
ton; and lastly, SoHIAPARELL1, who pos
sesses exceptionally sharp vision, like the
celebrated DAWES OF England, was engaged
In the special study Of the features OF Marss
ha do
may be added that last year three observers
M. PERRoT1N and NJ. THoLLoN at Nice.
and Mr.. DENNINa In England succeeded In
seeing the canals Of ScHIAPARRLLI and de-
tecting some Of the exceptional appearances
which he had noted. When SoHIAPARELLI
first saw the canals In 1877 they appeared as
single llnes but subsequently he found them
double. He even watched the process of
doubling, which was very curious phenom-
enon. But we will let him speak for himself.
as quoted by M. FLAMMARIoN:
traversing the continents, to which may be
given the name Of canals. although We do not
have already deteeted several Of them. notably
DAWES IN 1864 During the last three opposI.
tons ! have made speciaIl, study Of them
more than sixty. These lines run from one to
another OF the dark spots that we regard as
seas, and form q we'll defined network over
the light. or influential, regions. Their posi-
tion appears to be invariable and permanent.
at least according to the Judgment have been
able to form by four and q half years OF obser-
Walton: nevertheless, their aspect and their
degree OF visibility are not always the Same.
and depend upon circumstances which the
permit US to discuss with certainty. In 1879
many we're seen which were not visible In 1877.
and in 1882 those that had already been seen
were detected again, accompanied BY new
selves under the form Of vague, shadowy lines.
while others are clear and sharp. like a. mark
made by pen. In general they are rectilin near
that Is o say. drawn upon tho sphere AS lines
OF great circles. They cross one another OBJ
liqnely. or at right angles. They are fully a.
broad or 100 kilometres. and number extend
over u distance Of so, or 1890 kilometres.
"Their color Is very nearly that OF the seas
OF Mars, but a triie lighter. Every canal ends
tremity ending In the middle OF the solid land.
That 10 not all. In certain seasons these canals
split up OF rather become double.
This phenomenon appears TO occur ct
fixed time and is produced simultaneously
over the whole extent OF the continents OF tho
planet. No Indication OF It was shown In 1877
during the weeks which preceded and followed
the southern solstice Of that world. single
lac taI I'D In h. 1eth